User Manual

Chapter 4: Handling Events
100 Series 6.0 Software (0510-1079-B) - User Guide
Blue Alarms
The following sections provide detailed information about Blue Alarms, responding to alarming events, and the the way
the event should be cleared. Blue Alarms are high priority asset alarms. They are displayed in the Alarm Message Box
and the Event List sequentially as they occur. Blue Alarms are displayed below White Alarms.
Door Alarm
When an asset tagged with an alarming band transmitter is in an Exit Alarm Zone and the monitored door is
open an alarm sounds at the Exit Alarm Controller, a message is displayed on the Client computer(s) in the
unit configured to monitor the transmitter, and the location of the Exit Alarm Zone is indicated by a flashing
icon on the map on the Client computer(s).
To respond to a Blue Door Alarm
1. Go to the alarming device and use your card reader access card (if applicable) or enter the
appropriate 4-digit alarm code to clear the alarm at the device. For more information about the
Alarm Code, contact your System Administrator.
2. If the Enforce JCAHO feature is activated, you must select an Event Cause once the alarming
device has been reset. When you reset the alarming device, the Blue Alarm changes to a Light Blue
Alarm in the Alarm Message Box. If JCAHO is not activated, the Alarm Message Box clears once
the alarm is cleared at the device.
3. From the Client computer, click anywhere in the Door Alarm Message Box to access the Event
Information window.
4. Select one of the following causes for the Door Alarm:
•Clear—no reason specified.
• Te st —the system was being tested.
• Other—opens a Clear Reason window, user must enter the cause in this window.
NOTE: You can click Silence to stop the alarm sound at the Central Server or Client
computer. The alarm is silenced at that computer only, for the configured length of time;
however, the event still appears in the Event List. The next event automatically restarts
the alarm sound.